Four of the five people who entered guilty pleas in connection with an identity theft case at a Florida hospital and a physician's office have received prison sentences.
A breach of debit card accounts, which began in April, has so far affected nearly two dozen banks and credit unions in the Northeast Ohio area, including Keybank, Fifth Third and Century Federal Credit union.
Online and mobile banking are taking the world by storm - especially in the Asia-Pacific region. But many institutions are simply not prepared to manage security and privacy appropriately in these venues, says Gartner's Matthew Cheung.
Facebook's facial recognition feature clearly impacts the privacy profession and workplace by creating new challenges and raising significant concerns on the issue of trust.
Be vigilant about online security, DHS says, as part of its Stop, Think, Connect cybersecurity awareness campaign. Users' money and identity are at risk without proper safeguards.
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a key provision of a tough state medical privacy law is not preempted by federal regulations. The evolving case, which eventually could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court or grow into a class action case at the state level, is worth watching.
Not all shootings, fires and accidents are of equal import, regardless of the dramatic visuals they may produce. The same can be said about information security breaches.
Organizations are starting to adapt to cloud computing, but they're hesitant about placing their core assets in the online environment, according to results from the 2011 ISACA IT Risk/Reward Barometer.
No one is really sure when the FFIEC's new authentication guidance will be issued, but we do know banking institutions can't afford to wait. Hence, our new FFIEC Authentication Guidance Resource Center.
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk Inc. has agreed to a $1.725 million civil settlement agreement to resolve allegations that the company accessed and misused private patient information and filed false or fraudulent Medicaid claims.
"This is yet another [incident] in what is turning into a major 'breach streak,' which will make all of us rethink what information security really means," says Mike Urban, senior director of fraud solutions for FICO.
"Durbin, as it stands today, is very poor for the payments industry and the consumer, because it would lend itself to reducing fraud prevention and detection," says one banking/security leader about the controversial Durbin Amendment to Dodd-Frank banking reform.
Citigroup confirms that a breach of its online banking platform, Citi Account Online, may have exposed personally identifiable information about hundreds of thousands of Citi customers.
A new federal suit against Michaels claims the crafts retailer, hit by a POS skimming scheme in May, took too long to notify customers after it learned of the breach that affected stores in 20 U.S. states.
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